Improvement in prttning-hooks



A. DOWNER.

- P runing Hook. l

No. 102,513. K Patented May 3, 1870.

iinitd gisten ANDREW noWNEn, or HAMMONDSVILLE; oHIo.

Letters Patent No. 102,513, dated May 3, 1870.

Hw-v IMPROVEMENT IN PRUNING-HOOKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thename..

ycient instrument for pruning trees, hedges, vines, or

briers; and

It consists'in a pruning-hook, and in a saw combined therewith, arrangedto operate as hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a side view of thepruning-hook, shown without the saw.

Figure 2 is a section of fig. 1, one the line x x.

'Figure 3 is a side view ot' -the article, showing the saw attached.

` Similar letters of reference indicate correspomling parts.

A is the staff, which is made of wood, and of any desired size andlength.

B is a cutter, with sha-rp cutting-edge C, the shank vof which is'madefast in the'statf.

D is the hook, which is connected 'with the cutter by clips E F, andmade to slide thereon by means of the/rod G, one end of which rod isremovably attached to a lug, H, ou the clip E, and the other end to thelever I. This lever has its fulcrum at J, on a. pla-te, K, attached tothe staii.

' The operationof cutting twigs, limbs, and bricrs will be readilyunderstood from the drawing.

In cutting, the lever is depressed, which forces the twig or limb downvonto the edge C ofthe cutter-l,

lhe form ofthe cutter and ofthe hook is such' that the twig or limb isshenred olf between them, and the purchase obtained by means of thelever alimisaiorce to be applied suflicien-t for ordinary prnning.`

L i's-a saw, which is combined with the hook, as seen in tig. 3. An edgeview of the s aw is seen in tig.

A2, in dotted lines. It has a mortise, which slips over the lug H, andapin near its lower end, vwhich enters a hole, fm, in the cutter B.Whenv the vsaw is thus placed, the rod is adjusted, as seenin 3, asmalll Akey is passed through a hole in the lug, andthe con.

nectiou is complete. i v

For cutting limbswhich cannot be readily severed with the cutter, thesaw is veryconvenient. It is readily adjusted and detached, and themanner in which it isconnccted with the hook renders it most efcient inthe process of pruning. 4

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as' new and desire tosecure hy Letters Patent- The combinationof the cutter B, hook 1), and saw L, when the latter is connected withthe former, substantially as'and foi-the purposes shown and described.

' ANDREW DOWNER.

Witnesses:

- I. I. BROCK,

G. W. STARKEY.

